word-vault/dist/data/cards/sw/swap.json

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{
    "term": "swap",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "swap",
            "heSheIt": "swaps"
        },
        "pastSimple": "swapped",
        "pastParticiple": "swapped",
        "ingForm": "swapping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give something to somebody and receive something in exchange",
            "sensetop": "swap (something) (with somebody)swap something for somethingswap something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've finished this magazine. Can I swap with you?",
                    "contextForm": "swap (something) (with somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I swapped my red scarf for her blue one.",
                    "contextForm": "swap something for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can we **swap places**? I can't see the screen.",
                    "contextForm": "swap something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent the evening in the pub **swapping stories** *(= telling each other stories)* about our travels."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to start doing somebody else’s job, etc. while they do yours",
            "sensetop": "swap (over)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll drive there and then we'll swap over on the way back."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to replace one person or thing with another",
            "sensetop": "swap somebody/something (for somebody/something)swap somebody/something (over)",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I think I'll swap this sweater for one in another colour.",
                    "contextForm": "swap somebody/something (for somebody/something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm going to swap you over. Mike will go first and Jon will go second.",
                    "contextForm": "swap somebody/something (over)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in somebody else’s situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm perfectly happy—I wouldn't change places with anyone."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in somebody else’s situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm perfectly happy—I wouldn't swap places with anyone."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɒp/",
                "audio": "sw/swap/swap__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɒps/",
                "audio": "sw/swap/swaps__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɒpt/",
                "audio": "sw/swap/swapped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɒpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sw/swap/swapping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɑːp/",
                "audio": "sw/swap/swap__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɑːps/",
                "audio": "sw/swap/swaps__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɑːpt/",
                "audio": "sw/swap/swapped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɑːpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sw/swap/swapping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally in the sense ‘throw forcibly’): probably imitative of a resounding blow. Current senses have arisen from an early use meaning ‘strike hands as a token of agreement’."
}